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H. SCHNEIDER.

APPARATUS FOR. TRANSPORTING AMMUNITION FROM THE MAGAZINES 0P VESSELS TO GUNS IN THE TURRETS.

No. 419,289. ted Jan. 14,1890.

PATENT OFFICE.

IIENRLSCHNEIDER, OF LE oREUzoT, FRANCE.

APPARATUS FORTRANSPORTING- AMMUNITION FROMTHE MAGAZINES O'F VESSELS T0 GUNS IN THE TURRETS SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,289, dated January 14, 1890. Application filed November 10, 1888. Serial No. 290,476; (No man.) Patented in France mg 16, 1888,11. 191,812.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRI SCHNEIDEE-man ager of the firm of Schneider et Cie., of Le C-reuzot, (Sane et Loire,) in the Republic of France, manufacturers-have invented an apparatus for transporting ammunition or charges and projectiles fromthe magazine in ships orjvessels tqthe'level of the breeches of the guns in the turrets, (which has been pat'-.

ented in France by Patent No. 191,812, dated July 16,1888): of" which the followingis a specification.

turrets, These apparatus, being arranged and operating as hereinafter described, possess the a-ilvantage of taking up a minimum of space in the lowerpartv of the vessel.

Inorder that mysaid invention may be fully understood, I sh all now proceed more particularly to describe the same,-and for that purpose shallrefer to the annexed drawing,-

the same lettersl'of reference indicating corresponding parts.

The; accompanying drawing represents in vertical sect-ion a turret provided-with eleyating apparatus according to] this invention. This turret carries a gun A-and -is provided with an eies' ator consisting of a cage' or'ammunition-p'latform G and a hydraulicprss P, combined wit-ha chain and pulleys for r'aising and'loweri'ng the elevator-cage int-he ordinary-manner, .This' elevator-Jworks. in a well Q, nadein two portions, the upper p.017:

tion being attache'dto the lower and e-Xt'end-- ing downward as far asthe deck immediately. above the magaai-ne 'the communication with the'la't'ter being completed by means of the lower portion in the form of a tube B. carrying the lower portions-of the elevator-guides and capable of rotating on a vertical axis independently of the turret and upper part of the well. i A double-acting hydraulic pressH imparts rotary motion in both directions to the tube B by means of arackaand a pinion b, the latter being fixed on'the pivot or verti-' cal axis 110i the said tube. The tubular part B of thewell carries a stop d and the conical part Q carriesa stop c, which is in the path,- of stop d, and the'stons are so arranged that tothe position indicated at C in dotted lines 1 to receive its load. The'p art B is then turned back by thepress H until it is arrested by the {action of stops d e, which will always be atthe 'pointat which the guidewayscoincide, irre-' v-speetiveof the position of the turret.

The action of this apparatus is as follows: Assuming the gun to be loaded and the cage Got the elevator lowered to the bottom of the tube B, this tube is caused to revolve by suit- ;ably manipulating the distribution-valves of the press H untilit is placed. in a suitable position for. loading the cage, this being the pofsi't-ionof the-tube B indicated in the drawing. The cagehaving been loaded, the valves of the press are shifted or reversed and the tube Bagainrevolves, but in the opposite directio'n;un til its guides coincide with those in the well-Q1; The tube is automatically stopped by the aforesaid stop on the turret when in this position,v in which it remains, partaking of themovements of the turret, which is supportedby and works on rollers D. The cage.

,0 is-then ready to bcelevated when required to reload the gun. The apparatusillustrated in the accompanying drawing byway of example is applied to a one-gun turret, but it is evident that the improved arrangements maybe applied" to turrets of any other'arrangeinent or constructioncarrying any number of guns.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with the revolving turret, of the cage, the divided well having-ways or guides'for the cage, the upper portion of the well being carried by and rotating with said turret and the lower portion being pivoted and capable of rotating independent of the upper portion, and means for operating the cage and revolving the lower portion of the well, substantially as described.

divided Wlljthe lpwe'r bbrt'iqn thereof beiii'g pivoted, so as to rotate independently of the turret and the upper jgiart of the welL'the cage,

the guidesgr ways therefor, thejmeansfol; re-' 5 volving the lower portion ofigthe well, and

, :-stops for arresting the same when the guides on 'the'two portions of the well coincide, per-- mitting the'descen'c of .the cage, substantially asxleseribedQ;

lnt'e stimo'riywjlerepflgave s'igned my name 1"o i'to thi's'speei fieation in .jshe-.-.pre's ence'of two subscribing iwitnesses.

HENRI SCHNEIDER Witpesses: j V CHARLES BRENON;

;.LE 1-;. FRANCK 

